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Why I Will Not Read Forbes Magazine

We’ve had a lot of fun with stuff written by Steve Forbes here at Angry Bear. But the magazine that bears his (or his father’s) name publishes humor by others as well. I was going to respond to Sammy’s...

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What is meritocracy?

Andrew Gelman points to our confusions regarding merit in our social perceptions of winners and losers. I might make a list of naughty and nice sayings for another post. Tyler Cowen pointed to an...

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A web of privilege supports this so-called meritocracy

Brad DeLong points to an article by Gary Younge in The Guardian: A web of privilege supports this so-called meritocracy: Shortly after Mitt Romney’s failed 2008 campaign for the Republican nomination...

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